rebirth of forest elm- one died new form took place

gman wrote:Hey Jun,
If you've still have the dead tree why not put it back in your forest..............it's (death) all part of a natural forest (I know very controversial), maybe tip it on an angle like its been blown over by the same storm that washed away the soil from the roots......

Yes I still have it up to this time.
It's a good idea but it will elms easily. hehehe


regards,
jun

tylerwashere wrote:The forest looks good with the remaining trees. Thats good something something good came out of the death.

Thank you.
the forest elm is so healthy now with the new leaves, very fresh looking, defoliated it last month together with all my other ems.

regards,
jun

I want to bring this post up again..I have looked at this many times,,you know i love elms..what is your opion Jun,s too about macking a 3 tree planting the large tree and the next 2 bigger ones???? i hope i do not get in trouble for posting this!!!! i just would like to know what it would look like ...opions please take care john it is snowing again when will it quit!!!!

Hi Jun
In Malta, where we have very mild winters, we defoliate elms in July before the hot summer months arrive. The botanical reason behind this is this. When the new leaves are formed in the colder months (Jan, Feb) their internal anatomy is somewhat different from those that arise after the defoliation in July. This is especailly with regards to the number of stomata per unit area. The leaves formed during the winter time have more stomata per unit area and if left during the summer months the tree loses more water through transpiration through the stomata. By defoliating, the tree puts on leaves, which besides being better looking, are more adapted to the hot summer months becuase they have less stomata per unit area and so less water loss occurs.

Cosmos

cosmos wrote:Hi Jun
In Malta, where we have very mild winters, we defoliate elms in July before the hot summer months arrive. The botanical reason behind this is this. When the new leaves are formed in the colder months (Jan, Feb) their internal anatomy is somewhat different from those that arise after the defoliation in July. This is especailly with regards to the number of stomata per unit area. The leaves formed during the winter time have more stomata per unit area and if left during the summer months the tree loses more water through transpiration through the stomata. By defoliating, the tree puts on leaves, which besides being better looking, are more adapted to the hot summer months becuase they have less stomata per unit area and so less water loss occurs.

Cosmos

Interesting post. Do you have a reference for this? I'd like to learn more.